Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-11-12
THE ARLINGTON.
A NEW FEATURE FOR OUR
CITY.
Who Wore Interested in It's construe-
ton, and the Plans Upon
Which It Was Built.

Whlcn ~ was Burt.
The history Of the establishment Of
hotels in Clarksville would cover
space too much entirely for the
CHRoNICLE to attempt, but the new
Arlington, a grand hotel just being
finished, deserves mention that can
not resist the papers efforts. 1t is
located on second street, between
Franklin and Commerce and it may
be correctly stated is in the very
business heart of the city. 1t was.
constructed by a joint stock com
pany and only last week threw its
banner to the public for considera-
tion. The architects for thi5s new
feature for Clarksville were the Reid
Brothers, of Evansville, Ind, who
drew plans and completed the work
in accordance with the wishes of the
people of Clarksville. The building
is SO feet front by 200 deep, with a
basement, floor and ceiling eight
feet apart. The ground floor is four
teen feet in the clear, while the sec-
ond floor is twelve foot and the third.
ten foot from the floor to ceiling.
There are forty-seven rooms for
guests besides every other convent
ence for the public that could be
thought of. The first floor will con-
tain the sample rooms, the saloon,
the office, reading room, barber
shops, bath rooms, billiard room and
telegraph room. The second floor
will contain the parlors, dining
rooms, honsekeepers rooms and.
many rooms for guests. The third
floor will contain rooms only for
guests. There will be a fourteen foot
sidewalk in front of the new hotel
with ten foot space on each side
and a 100 foot back yard, all of
which will be subject to the pleasures
of guests. The builders of the Ar
lington were Messrs. Bailey & Koer-
ner, of Henderson, KY; P. G. Kyle,
was contractor for the brick work F.
r. Caden e. CO., Evansville, Ind,
for stone work; G. l.. Mesker & Co.,
Evansville, iron and tin work JOS
eph Clore & Son, Henderson, wood
work material; plastering, Belote
& Stinchfeld, Clarksville; painting,
by G. r. Wood, Clarksville; plumb
ing and gas fitting, by the Clarks-
vile Gas & Water Co. The brick
were made by Gorham, jackson &
Martin, of this city, and the con-
tractors speak highly of the material
the firm furnished, also of their
alacrity in its production.
Special mention is made by brick
contractors Kyle & Co., of Charles p.
Kyle, boy Of fourteen years, who
occupied special place on the front
walls, and Mr.. Chris Brenner,
George Schwalmier, Robt. Bellamy,
VIM. kaufman and John w. Kyle,
syI of whom did their work in the
most elegant style as mechanics.
The contract calls for the compile
ton of the work on march 1, 1888,
but if good weather continues the
hotel will be ready for occupancy long
before that time. The first brick
was laid August -, 1887, and the last
November 4, 1887, which leaves the
premises the finishing touches only
to be made. When the heavy part
of the contract was completed last
week the hands that were employed
were first called to the roof where
they enjoyed jollification for over
an hour, after which they enjoyed q
regular old style hod song and dance
in front of the place.
WHO THE PROJECTORS ARE.
There are about forty local stock
holders in the Arlington Hotel pro
ject, and among these are Henry c
Merritt, D. N. Kennedy, John d
Moore, +. P. Gracey and w. II
Drane, who form the Board of Di
rectors. The building committee il
composed of Messrs. Drane, Kenne
dy and Merritt and the officers ar,
| II. G. Merritt, president; John ID
Moore, secretary and treasurer. Th,
money for making this much needed
Improvement to the city of Clarks
vile was secured without much ef
fort and the work of erecting the edi
flee was pushed rapidly in conse
quence of there being no hindranc
tn itS nroorpSs in a financial Uay